OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Bucks probably
will not catch the Philadelphia 76ers for the top spot in the
Eastern Conference, but it won't be for a lack of trying.

Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen scored 26 points apiece and Sam
Cassell added 17 as the Bucks recorded their most lopsided
victory of the season, a 108-78 rout of the Golden State
Warriors.

Robinson pulled down 13 rebounds and Cassell dished out nine
assists for Milwaukee, which has won nine of its last 11 games.

"I think everybody is starting to fall into their grooves,"
Allen said. "At the end of the year, some guys are ready to go
home, but we want to play for a little while longer, so we're
playing hard right now. We were very focused early tonight."

The Bucks improved to 3-1 on their six-game road trip but
remained four games behind Philadelphia in the East. The 76ers
defeated Detroit, 90-84, earlier Wednesday.

"In all four games that we have played so far, we have been very
professional and serious," Bucks coach George Karl said. "We
have two more left (on the trip) and we have an opportunity to
clinch the division on the road. I think that it will be very
exciting to clinch it in Seattle. It would be a nice touch to
do it there."

However, Milwaukee increased its lead over second-place
Charlotte to six games in the Central Division with its biggest
victory since crushing Cleveland, 103-72, on March 12, 2000.

Antawn Jamison scored 17 points and Vonteego Cummings added 16
and a career-high eight rebounds for the Warriors, who have lost
four in a row, 15 of 16 and 24 of 26 games since the All-Star
break.

"It just gets harder to lose," Jamison said. "We only have
seven guys and eight games to go, so it's not going to get too
much better anytime soon. We have to try and stay as positive
as possible and we just have to try and go in the right
directions."

Golden State scored the game's first four points before the
Bucks tied it on baskets by Robinson and Cassell. After Allen
drilled a 3-pointer, Jamison tied it a final time with a
three-point play with 9:24 left in the first quarter.

Seconds later, Allen put Milwaukee ahead for good with a basket.
The Bucks closed the quarter with an 8-2 run to take its first
double-digit advantage, 33-23.

The closest Golden State got thereafter was eight points, the
last time with 4:04 left in the second quarter when Jamison made
the first of two free throws to make it 46-38.

But Scott Williams made a layup and the Bucks never led by fewer
than 10 points the rest of the way. They took their largest
advantage with 5:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, 102-63, on
a 3-pointer by Lindsey Hunter.

Hunter finished with 11 points and Williams contributed 10 for
the Bucks, who shot 52 percent (44-for-85) and scored 26 points
off 20 Golden State turnovers. Milwaukee is 12-2 when shooting
50 percent or better and 35-9 when scoring at least 100 points.

"Our strength is our shooters," Karl said. "We have guys that
can shoot the ball and as long as the shots have some degree of
sense to them, then they can shoot them freely and open all the
time. We can get a little crazy sometimes, but for the most
part, our guys are as talented as shooters as there are in the
NBA. All I'm trying to do is make sure we make good shots."

Corie Blount had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who
shot 34 percent (30-for-89) and missed all six attempts from
3-point range. The Warriors had a season-low 11 assists.

"We had 20 turnovers. How can we expect to win with 20
turnovers and 34 percent shooting?" asked Golden State coach
Dave Cowens. "It's impossible. I bet you we could play a
better game if it were our guys against their bench because, in
essence, that is what it is, with the exception of Antawn."

Golden State has lost 10 of the last 13 meetings with the Bucks
and are 7-40 against teams at or above .500.